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OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL WILL IN KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION
ARMRADIO.AM
09.07.2012 12:41
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, on an official visit to
Azerbaijan today, emphasized the need for political will in negotiating
a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He stressed
that OSCE will continue working with the country in implementing its
OSCE commitments.
Zannier stressed that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict presents
an enormous threat to the region's security and stalls economic
development in the South Caucasus. He voiced his support for the
efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the OSCE Chairperson's
Personal Representative in finding a negotiated solution to the
conflict and strengthening the ceasefire regime.
"The conflict will not be resolved by the use of force," Zannier said.
"Negotiations are the only way forward; and political goodwill and
the commitment of all those involved is an essential prerequisite
for finding a lasting peaceful solution."
The Secretary General said he was "seriously concerned" by the recent
incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on the
Line of Contact, which "marred the efforts to bring long-awaited
peace and stability to the people living in these areas".
All parties should refrain from the use or threat of force, abstain
from retaliatory measures, remove snipers from the line of contact
and implement the agreed confidence-building measures, including the
mechanism for investigating incidents on the front lines, Zannier
underlined.
He also said that the OSCE stood ready to assist in the implementation
of the agreement reached by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to
develop people-to-people contacts and dialogue between the countries'
intelligentsia and academic and public circles.
ARMRADIO.AM
09.07.2012 12:41
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, on an official visit to
Azerbaijan today, emphasized the need for political will in negotiating
a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He stressed
that OSCE will continue working with the country in implementing its
OSCE commitments.
Zannier stressed that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict presents
an enormous threat to the region's security and stalls economic
development in the South Caucasus. He voiced his support for the
efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the OSCE Chairperson's
Personal Representative in finding a negotiated solution to the
conflict and strengthening the ceasefire regime.
"The conflict will not be resolved by the use of force," Zannier said.
"Negotiations are the only way forward; and political goodwill and
the commitment of all those involved is an essential prerequisite
for finding a lasting peaceful solution."
The Secretary General said he was "seriously concerned" by the recent
incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on the
Line of Contact, which "marred the efforts to bring long-awaited
peace and stability to the people living in these areas".
All parties should refrain from the use or threat of force, abstain
from retaliatory measures, remove snipers from the line of contact
and implement the agreed confidence-building measures, including the
mechanism for investigating incidents on the front lines, Zannier
underlined.
He also said that the OSCE stood ready to assist in the implementation
of the agreement reached by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to
develop people-to-people contacts and dialogue between the countries'
intelligentsia and academic and public circles.